CAPTURING AND SHARING MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A media device allows users to watch and capture portions from a media stream. Users may then share the captured media content with other users. In one embodiment, the media device receives a media stream, plays the media stream, and caches a portion of the media stream as it is being played. A user can define a media clip by selecting its boundaries in the cached portion of the media stream. The media device creates the media clip based on the user's input and enables the user to transmit the media clip to another system, such as a community website for sharing it with other users.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing media content from a first device over a digital network, the method comprising:
receiving a media stream at the first device from a remotely-located media source; receiving user commands that define a portion of the received media stream bounded by a start point and an end point; responsive to receiving the user commands, capturing the defined portion of the received media stream that is bounded by the start point and the end point to thereby create a clip from the; and transmitting the clip to a second device via the digital network.